Awards/Recognition
-- Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Plants 10 Millionth Tree In Pennsylvania [PaEN]
-- DCNR/DEP: Shapiro Administration, Chesapeake Bay Foundation Mark Progress In Cleaning Up PA’s Part Of Chesapeake Bay Watershed; How Pennsylvanians Can Support Tree Planting [PaEN]
-- PA Outdoor Writers Association Celebrates 75th Anniversary, Award Recipients Honored For Excellence In Craft [PaEN]
-- PA Wilds Center Announces 2026 PA Wilds Champion Award Winners, July 30 Celebration
-- Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Celebrates Young Ambassadors Of Pennsylvania Class Of 2026 Graduates; Apply Now For Next Class [PaEN]
-- Nominations Now Being Accepted For 2026 Agriculture Conservation Assistance Program Con Awards [PaEN]
-- Observer-Reporter: PA American Water Brownsville Treatment Plant Earns National Recognition
-- Watch Game Commission Band Peregrine Falcons On Rachel Carson Building In Harrisburg; Connection To Rachel Carson [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Pittsburgh’s Skyline Has Become Home To The Once Endangered Peregrine Falcon
Grants
-- DCED: Shapiro Administration Invest More Than $1.9 Million To Help Schools Reduce Electricity Costs By Installing Solar Panels; And $725,211 In One Pipeline Project Locking Homeowners Into Natural Gas]
Help Wanted
-- Citizen Science: Penn State Geographers Need Help Testing Interactive Natural Gas Infrastructure Mapping Tools On May 29-30 At Penn State Beaver Campus, Beaver County [PaEN]
-- Brandywine Conservancy's Penguin Court Preserve, Westmoreland Pollinator Partners Seek To Certify 250 Properties As Monarch Butterfly Waystations In The Laurel Highlands [PaEN]
Upcoming Events
-- Penn State Extension June 1 Webinar On New Features Of PAOneStop Manure Management Planning Tool, 10:00 a.m. to Noon
-- Pottstown Mercury: Limerick Nuclear Power Plant Emergency Siren Test June 1, 2
-- ReImagine Appalachia, Ohio River Valley Institute, Partners To Hold June 3 Webinar, June 9 In-Person Workshop In Pittsburgh On DEP's RISE PA Industrial Decarbonization Grant Program [PaEN]
-- York Daily Record: Peach Bottom Nuclear Power Plant To Test 97 Emergency Sirens June 3-4
-- York Daily Record: York County Tests Disaster Response With Nuclear Power Plant Emergency Exercise
-- DEP Continuing Local Climate Conservation Workshops Across The State With 7 In-Person Workshops, 1 Webinar In June To Help Shape The PA’s Climate Action Plan [PaEN]
-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Partners Host June 4 Creekside Connections At Little Fishing Creek Family-Friendly Educational Experience, Stream Buffer Tour In Bellefonte, Centre County, 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.
-- Penn State Extension To Host 10 In-Person Safe Drinking Water Clinic Workshops On How To Protect, Test, Treat Water From Private Wells, Springs Starting June 3 [PaEN]
-- TheDerrick.com: Titusville Renaissance Inviting Community To Celebrate National Trails Day June 6 At Queen City Trail, Crawford County
-- Allegheny County To Host June 4 Family-Friendly Open House To Kick-Off Public Input Sessions On The County's First-Ever Climate Action Plan [PaEN]
-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary: Music On The Mountain - Berks Sinfonietta, Returning June 13
-- Game Commission Now Accepting Registrations For 6 Regional Junior Game Warden Camps For Students 12 To 15, Starting June 20 [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension Hosts June 18 Webinar: Is A Large Scale Solar Energy Facility Coming To Your Community? [PaEN]
-- Three Rivers WaterKeeper Allegheny River Summer Sojourn - June 27
-- Powering America's Next 250 Years Energypath Conference Set For July 16 At Moravian University [PaEN]
Public Participation
-- DEP Sets June 25 Hearing On Air Permit For ETC Northeast Pipeline Cryo II Project At The Revolution Cryogenic Natural Gas Processing Plant In Smith Twp., Washington County [PaEN]
-- LOTS GOING ON! PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - May 23 [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - May 30 [PaEN]
-- READ CAREFULLY! DEP Posted 60 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In May 23 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 62 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In May 30 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Stormwater Permit For PPL Electric Tek Park Transmission Line Project To Connect To Proposed A.I. Data Center In Upper Macungie Twp., Lehigh County [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On PECO Brandon Shores Retirement 500 kV Transmission Line Reconstruction Project Stormwater Permit In York County [PaEN]
-- DEP Accepting Comments On Stormwater Permit For The Mid Atlantic Interstate Transmission LLC Ashtabula-Erie West 345kV Rehabilitation Project In Erie County [PaEN]
-- DEP Continuing Local Climate Conservation Workshops Across The State With 7 In-Person Workshops, 1 Webinar In June To Help Shape The PA’s Climate Action Plan [PaEN]
-- PUC Schedules In-Person, Telephonic Public Hearings On 13.1% Rate Increase Proposed By Peoples Natural Gas Starting June 2 [PaEN]
-- PUC Hearings Begin June 10 On Proposed UGI Electric 12.8% Rate Increase [PaEN]
Recreation Safety
-- Republican Herald: Woman Killed, 3 Injured In UTV Crash At Famous Reading Outdoors ATV, Dirt Bike Park In Schuylkill County
-- PennLive: 6-Year-Old Child Dead, Woman Injured In ATV Crash In Perry County
-- TribLive: 2 Hospitalized After Raft Overturns In Youghiogheny River Rapids At Ohiopyle State Park
-- WTAE: Woman Seriously Injured After UTV Crash In Washington County
-- Scranton Times: Wayne County Man Killed In ATV Crash
-- LehighValleyLive: 17-Year-Old Drowns In PA Creek After Jumping From Railroad Bridge In Lehigh County
-- Post-Gazette: Dirt Bike Rider Killed In Collision With Bus In Homewood
-- Morning Call: As Dirt Bike Complaints Increase, Lehigh Valley Lawmakers Want To Strengthen Penalties For Illegal Riding
Programs/Information
-- Choose Clean Water Coalition: Legislative Recommendations To Protect Pennsylvania's Waterways For The Future - Agriculture, Abandoned Mines, PFAS, Lead, A.I. Data Centers [PaEN]
-- WESA/The Allegheny Front: PA Ranks Near The Bottom In Adding Renewable Energy To Electric Grid
-- ClearWater Conservancy Hamer Community Conservation Center Designed With High-Performance Building Envelope To Reduce Energy Use, Carbon Emissions In Centre County [PaEN]
-- AP: Fact Focus: President Distorts Recent Revisions Of Scientific Projections Of Global Warming
-- KDKA: Coal Mine Workers Killed By Falling Rock In Core Natural Resources Bailey Mine In Greene County
-- WPSU: Coal Museum Opening In Clearfield County Hopes To Educate, Connect Community To The Past
-- Post-Gazette: Severe Weather Is Increasingly Causing Widespread Power Outages In Pittsburgh, This Organization Wants To Find Solutions
-- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: Should Scarlet Tanager Be Our Official State Migratory Bird?
-- TribLive Guest Essay: Scarlet Tanager A Welcome Sight In Pittsburgh’s Forests - By Rep. Mandy Steele (D-Allegheny)
-- Penn State Extension: Forest Biodiversity: Understanding Biological Health Of Our Forests
-- PA Natural Heritage Program 2025 Annual Report: New Discoveries; Goshawk Recovery; Invasive Species; Freshwater Mussel Surveys; Barbara’s Buttons; Restoring The West Branch Susquehanna River
-- Republican Herald: Climate Variability Is Reshaping Pennsylvania Wildfire Risk [PDF of Article]
-- WVIA: New Kingston Community Garden Rooted In Sustainability, Education In Luzerne County
-- Morning Call Guest Essay: Invasive Species Threaten Lehigh Valley’s Native Plants, Animals - By Bruce Wilson
-- Penn State Beescape Tool Updates Include County-Level Plant Recommendations For Pollinators
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: PA Turnpike Aims To Be First ‘Sustainable Superhighway’ In US
-- US Geological Survey Grant To Fund Penn State Study Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Small Agricultural Watersheds
-- NRDC: EPA Seeks To Gut PFAS Protections, Leaving Millions Exposed To ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Drinking Water
-- EPA Announces $39.2 Million For Pennsylvania To Address PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals,’ Emerging Contaminants In Drinking Water [PaEN]
-- WESA/The Allegheny Front: EPA Announces $39 Million To PA To Address PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Drinking Water, While Rolling Back PFAS Limits
-- The Allegheny Front: President To Eliminate US Forest Service Research And Close 4 Facilities In Pennsylvania [Regional Forest Office Will Relocated To Warren]
-- WHYY: US Forest Service Wants To Move West, Close Regional Offices, Including 4 In Pennsylvania
-- Inquirer: Pennsylvania’s Small, But Mighty Network Of Maple Syrup Producers Harvest 200,000 Gallons A Year
-- Susquehanna Greenway Partnership: Free Outdoor Education Activity Books Available For Schools & Youth Programs
-- TribLive: Allegheny County Residents Warned Of Increased Risk For Ticks, Lyme Disease
-- WHYY: A Look Inside East Stroudsburg University’s Tick Research Lab
A.I./Data Centers
-- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - May 25/June 1 [PaEN]
-- PUC: Electric Utilities Changing Cost Of Electricity For Customers On June 1 From 0.05% to 19.8% [PaEN]
-- PUC Hearings Begin June 10 On Proposed UGI Electric 12.8% Rate Increase [PaEN]
-- PUC Schedules In-Person, Telephonic Public Hearings On 13.1% Rate Increase Proposed By Peoples Natural Gas Starting June 2 [PaEN]
-- WESA/WHYY - Susan Phillips: PA Lawmaker’s Bill Would Rein In Utility Profits: ‘The Entire System Is Out Of Whack’
-- Bloomberg: European Power Prices Turn Negative Due To Renewable Generation As Heat Wave Breaks Records [Natural Gas Can’t Do That]
-- The Guardian Guest Essay: The President’s War Against Iran Reminds Us - We’ll Never Be Energy [Price, Supply] Independent With Fossil Fuels, Energy Security Comes From Using Local, Renewable Sources
-- TribLive Guest Essay: Pennsylvania’s A.I. Data Center Energy Future Must Not Leave The Working Class Behind - Chad Quinn, Dollar Energy Fund
-- PennLive Editorial: Don’t Let A.I. Data Centers Stick You With Their Electric Bill
-- Gov. Shapiro Releases Full Governor’s Responsible Infrastructure Development Standards (GRID) For A.I. Data Centers; New Local Government Data Center Planning Toolkit [PaEN]
-- Republican Candidate For Governor Stacy Garrity Calls For ‘Pause’ In Development Of A.I. Data Centers To Allow Time For Communities ‘To Protect Themselves’ [PaEN]
-- Scranton Times - Chris Kelly Opinion: Shapiro Is ‘Patient Zero’ Of A.I. Data Center Virus; State Treasurer Garrity Has Decided To At Least Appear To Take The Medicine [PDF of Article]
-- Sen. Muth To Introduce Legislation To Prohibit A.I. Data Center Developers From Becoming Public Utilities With Power To Condemn Private Property For Their Own Use [PaEN]
-- Scranton Times: Valley View School District Files Actions In Lackawanna County Court Against 2 Proposed A.I. Data Center Developments Saying They Are ‘Dangerously Close’ To Its Schools [PDF of Article]
-- Choose Clean Water Coalition: Legislative Recommendations To Protect Pennsylvania's Waterways For The Future - Agriculture, Abandoned Mines, PFAS, Lead, A.I. Data Centers [PaEN]
-- Citizen-Run Map, Description Of A.I. Data Center Proposals, Status In Pennsylvania [Scroll Down For: 76 Proposals, 24.97 GW, 31,578 Acres]
-- Utility Dive: PJM Moves Up Backstop Auction For A.I. Data Center Demand To September, Amid Uncertainty Over Data Center Cost Allocation
-- North American Electric Reliability Corp Summer Reliability Outlook Says Record Additions Of Generation- Solar, Batteries And Some Natural Gas- Have Strengthened Readiness, But Elevated Risks Remain [PaEN]
Background On Issues
-- WQED: The Price Of Progress: Watch This 2010 Report On The Impacts Of Shale Gas Development And You’ll See There Has Been Very Little Improvement In The Way We Protect Citizens From Drilling/Gas Infrastructure Impacts
-- DEP Issues Air Quality Operating Permit Authorizing The Expansion Of MarkWest Harmon Creek Natural Gas Processing Plant In Washington County [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 16 to 29: Abandoned Shale Gas Well Violations; Shale Gas Well Pollutes Water Supply; Illegal Wastewater Injection Well; Pipeline Drilling Spills; No Noise Control Standards [PaEN]
-- DEP: Sandstone Development LLC Operating Illegal Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well In McKean County; Disposed Of 191,982 Gallons Of Wastewater, So Far [PaEN]
-- DEP Issues 8 More Violations To Delta Inland Oil Res LLC For Abandoning, Not Plugging Conventional Oil & Gas Wells In Warren County [PaEN]
-- DEP Issues Rice Drilling [EQT] Violations For Abandoning, Not Plugging 2 Shale Gas Wells Left Partially Drilled For 11 Years In Greene County [PaEN]
-- DEP: Expand Operating Delhagen Shale Gas Wells Contaminate 2nd Water Supply, Part Of Ongoing Well Integrity Problems For Last 15 Years In Rush Twp., Susquehanna County [PaEN]
-- DEP: Blackhill Energy To Start Permanent Remediation Of Areas Impacted By Six Inadvertent Return Spills From Horizontal Drilling Of Sultana Pipeline In Springfield Twp., Bradford County [PaEN]
-- DEP: Complaint By Neighbor Experiencing Impacts From Compressor Noise For 7 Years From Shale Gas Well Pad In Bradford County Again Raises The Issue Of Why There Are No Noise Standards For Oil & Gas Operations [PaEN]
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approved 33 Shale Gas Well Pad Water Use General Permits In April; 133 In 2026 [PaEN]
-- Delaware River Basin Commission Field Investigation Shows PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' Are Widespread, Persistent And Concentrations Increase Moving Down The Delaware River; June 15 Webinar On The Results [PaEN]
-- KDKA: Coal Mine Workers Killed By Falling Rock In Core Natural Resources Bailey Mine In Greene County
-- Appalachian Voices: PA Members Of Congress Celebrate Introduction Of Legislation To Ensure Timely Reclamation Of Active Coal Mines
-- TribLive: PA Members Of Congress Introduce Bills To Combat Zombie Coal Mines In Appalachia
-- TribLive Guest Essay: It’s Time To Clean Up Mess Of ‘Zombie’ Coal Mines - By Members Of Congress Chris Deluzio and Summer Lee
-- Nothing Is More Affordable Than A ZERO Energy Bill: City Of Reading Breaks Ground On Solar Energy Project To Reduce Electricity Costs From $268,550.76 At City Facilities To ZERO [PaEN]
-- Penn State Deer Research Center Buck Tests Positive For Chronic Wasting Disease
Visit the DEP Calendar of Events; PA Parks & Forests Foundation’s Events webpage and DCNR’s Calendar of Events for activities happening near you.
Visit DEP’s Teaching Green webpage to learn about more environmental education resources.
Visit the PA Environment Digest Calendar Of Events for more opportunities.
[Posted: May 31, 2026] PA Environment Digest
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